Pathology EMQ template.

Name:

Candidate number:

Theme: Malaria

OPTION LIST

A	B28	I	Artesmisinis
B	Ceftaxime	J	Doxcycline
C	P.falciparum	K	B53
D	Proguanil	L	P.malariae
E	P.ovale	M
F	Chloroquine	N
G	DR3	O
H	P.vivax	P

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

1. A 37 year old traveller presents with headache, malaise and myalgia. On further questioning he has a fever peaking every 48hrs. Blood film shows sausage shaped gametocytes within red blood cell ghosts.

2. A blood film from a different patient shows rings partly hidden by Schnuffer’s dots

3. This is a protective factor against plasmodium protozoa multiplication

4. An African man presents with jaundice. After excluding other causes of jaundice, you identify that he was recently visiting family in Namibia. From the blood film he is diagnosed with P.Falciparum malaria. You note an altered conscious level. What treatment will you give?

ANSWERS

1. C

2. H

3. L

4. I

5.